The following information is provided for research or entertainment purposes only. We do not encourage or condone illegal activity of any kind, including purchasing illicit narcotics from The Silk Road. Visiting The Silk Road anonymous marketplace tor hidden service is not in itself illegal, but possessing almost any of the products for sale there is against the law in nearly every jurisdiction. Proceed at your own caution.

First, the Silk Road only accepts Bitcoins as payments, so before you can place an order, you need to buy bitcoins. You may want to wait and see how much your Silk Road order will cost before buying Bitcoins, but they don’t go bad and you can always convert them back to cash if you buy more than you end up spending.

After you have your Bitcoins ready, it’s time to visit the Silk Road. For this, you need an anonymous browsing program called tor. It’s extremely simple to set up and use, and it makes sure that both you and the website are totally anonymous.